Senior Reservoir Engineer - Field Development
Posted date [2026-07-31]
(ID: 48857)
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Founded in 1971, ADNOC is a leading diversified energy group, wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government. Our network of fully integrated businesses operates across the energy value chain, helping us to responsibly meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market.
Already in the top tier of the lowest carbon intensity oil and gas producers in the world, we are taking significant steps to make today’s energy cleaner while investing in the clean energies of tomorrow, strengthening our position as a reliable and responsible global energy provider. We are allocating an initial $23 billion to advance and accelerate lower-carbon solutions, investing in new energies and decarbonization technologies to enable our net zero by 2045 ambition and our commitment to zero methane emissions by 2030. ... |
Job Description and Requirements
Senior Reservoir Engineer - Field DevelopmentJob Snapshot
Role: Senior Reservoir Engineer - Field Development
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering
Experience: 9-12 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
The Senior Reservoir Engineer - Field Development role in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is an expert-level hiring opportunity within the Oil and Energy industry. ADNOC Group is seeking a reservoir specialist to plan surveillance programs, interpret reservoir performance and integrate subsurface development requirements with production facilities and future infrastructure.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi Emirate
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering
Salary: 28000-42000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
Accurate reservoir characterization is central to sustaining production and selecting economically viable development strategies. This position connects
well surveillance, simulation studies and recovery-enhancement planning with surface-facility capacity, fluid behavior and field infrastructure. The engineer will influence full-field development packages while supervising technical activities and maintaining reliable reservoir data.
Key Responsibilities
The role converts reservoir evidence into development decisions that improve recovery, production sustainability and cost performance.
* Design reservoir monitoring and surveillance programs aligned with approved reservoir objectives.
* Direct and participate in well surveillance, reservoir definition and performance-prediction activities.
* Interpret reservoir tests and evaluate changes in pressure, production capacity and fluid behavior.
* Define scopes and technical specifications for specialized field-testing contracts.
* Evaluate technical bids and recommend contract awards when external testing services are required.
* Assess emerging reservoir technologies and identify suitable applications for pilot studies.
* Recommend pilot locations and program features for enhanced oil or condensate recovery methods.
* Develop production-sustainability strategies that improve operational efficiency and control costs.
* Define reservoir engineering requirements for production capacity testing, special core analysis and logging activities.
* Confirm that reservoir studies and testing programs follow company guidelines and accepted technical practices.
* Maintain reservoir engineering records and ensure timely receipt of essential subsurface data.
* Quality-check and update production, pressure, PVT, core-analysis and capacity-test information.
* Manage reservoir information within approved technical files and databases.
* Evaluate the interaction between reservoir plans and surface production facilities.
* Coordinate studies required to complete integrated Field Development packages.
* Identify incompatibilities between current infrastructure and planned future developments.
* Verify that development plans support approved production profiles, fluid compositions and gas-lift requirements.
* Assess opportunities for fluid-stream blending, segregation and field gas separation.
* Coordinate reservoir requirements with treatment-facility and production-system packages.
* Compile and validate information covering flowlines, degassing stations, water injection, lift-gas networks and manifolds.
* Define technical battery limits and interfaces affecting field-development activities.
* Align reservoir plans with stakeholders involved in oil and gas production.
* Resolve interface issues and pursue optimization opportunities across development packages.
* Support development schedules, assigned responsibilities and associated cost estimates.
* Plan and supervise work within the assigned technical area.
* Develop assigned personnel through technical guidance and practical training.
* Contribute to departmental budgets, work plans and performance objectives.
* Introduce improved tools and methods for reservoir evaluation and data management.
* Follow all applicable HSE procedures and exercise Stop Work Authority when unsafe conditions arise.
* Provide technical input for management information and progress reports.
Ideal Profile
Candidates must hold a Bachelor\'s Degree in Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering or an equivalent discipline. The position requires 9-12 years of general petroleum engineering experience, including at least six years in reservoir engineering.
Applicants should demonstrate substantial exposure to oil and gas field-development management, full-field simulation studies and software-based reservoir modelling. Strong knowledge of reservoir surveillance, production data quality control, subsurface-fluid behavior and surface-facility interfaces is essential. No professional certification is specified.
Skills Set
Reservoir surveillance planning
Reservoir performance evaluation
Full-field simulation models
Reservoir simulation software
Well surveillance
Pressure-test interpretation
Production capacity testing
PVT data analysis
Special core analysis
Well-log evaluation
Reservoir characterization
Production forecasting
Enhanced recovery studies
Oil and condensate recovery planning
Gas-lift development
Fluid composition assessment
Water-injection planning
Production data quality control
Reservoir database management
Field Development packages
Surface and subsurface integration
Flowline and manifold planning
Technical bid evaluation
HSE risk awareness
Why Join Us
This role offers the opportunity to influence reservoir strategy across complex producing assets and future field developments. It combines advanced subsurface analysis with infrastructure planning, technology evaluation and production optimization, providing substantial technical scope in Abu Dhabi\'s mature and strategically important energy sector.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is an integrated energy organization headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Its technical teams apply subsurface expertise, advanced engineering and disciplined field-development planning to strengthen reservoir performance, production reliability and responsible resource recovery.
Key Responsibilities
The role converts reservoir evidence into development decisions that improve recovery, production sustainability and cost performance.
* Design reservoir monitoring and surveillance programs aligned with approved reservoir objectives.
* Direct and participate in well surveillance, reservoir definition and performance-prediction activities.
* Interpret reservoir tests and evaluate changes in pressure, production capacity and fluid behavior.
* Define scopes and technical specifications for specialized field-testing contracts.
* Evaluate technical bids and recommend contract awards when external testing services are required.
* Assess emerging reservoir technologies and identify suitable applications for pilot studies.
* Recommend pilot locations and program features for enhanced oil or condensate recovery methods.
* Develop production-sustainability strategies that improve operational efficiency and control costs.
* Define reservoir engineering requirements for production capacity testing, special core analysis and logging activities.
* Confirm that reservoir studies and testing programs follow company guidelines and accepted technical practices.
* Maintain reservoir engineering records and ensure timely receipt of essential subsurface data.
* Quality-check and update production, pressure, PVT, core-analysis and capacity-test information.
* Manage reservoir information within approved technical files and databases.
* Evaluate the interaction between reservoir plans and surface production facilities.
* Coordinate studies required to complete integrated Field Development packages.
* Identify incompatibilities between current infrastructure and planned future developments.
* Verify that development plans support approved production profiles, fluid compositions and gas-lift requirements.
* Assess opportunities for fluid-stream blending, segregation and field gas separation.
* Coordinate reservoir requirements with treatment-facility and production-system packages.
* Compile and validate information covering flowlines, degassing stations, water injection, lift-gas networks and manifolds.
* Define technical battery limits and interfaces affecting field-development activities.
* Align reservoir plans with stakeholders involved in oil and gas production.
* Resolve interface issues and pursue optimization opportunities across development packages.
* Support development schedules, assigned responsibilities and associated cost estimates.
* Plan and supervise work within the assigned technical area.
* Develop assigned personnel through technical guidance and practical training.
* Contribute to departmental budgets, work plans and performance objectives.
* Introduce improved tools and methods for reservoir evaluation and data management.
* Follow all applicable HSE procedures and exercise Stop Work Authority when unsafe conditions arise.
* Provide technical input for management information and progress reports.
Ideal Profile
Candidates must hold a Bachelor\'s Degree in Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering or an equivalent discipline. The position requires 9-12 years of general petroleum engineering experience, including at least six years in reservoir engineering.
Applicants should demonstrate substantial exposure to oil and gas field-development management, full-field simulation studies and software-based reservoir modelling. Strong knowledge of reservoir surveillance, production data quality control, subsurface-fluid behavior and surface-facility interfaces is essential. No professional certification is specified.
Skills Set
Reservoir surveillance planning
Reservoir performance evaluation
Full-field simulation models
Reservoir simulation software
Well surveillance
Pressure-test interpretation
Production capacity testing
PVT data analysis
Special core analysis
Well-log evaluation
Reservoir characterization
Production forecasting
Enhanced recovery studies
Oil and condensate recovery planning
Gas-lift development
Fluid composition assessment
Water-injection planning
Production data quality control
Reservoir database management
Field Development packages
Surface and subsurface integration
Flowline and manifold planning
Technical bid evaluation
HSE risk awareness
Why Join Us
This role offers the opportunity to influence reservoir strategy across complex producing assets and future field developments. It combines advanced subsurface analysis with infrastructure planning, technology evaluation and production optimization, providing substantial technical scope in Abu Dhabi\'s mature and strategically important energy sector.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is an integrated energy organization headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Its technical teams apply subsurface expertise, advanced engineering and disciplined field-development planning to strengthen reservoir performance, production reliability and responsible resource recovery.
